I think the response to demonstrable lies is not appeals to authority and “peer-reviewed papers” (as if that carried any weight in the pursuit of truth), but instead speak truthfully in the face of deception.
The IMF represents an ungodly and evil system and we should stop pretending it cares about truth. They know they’re lying.
Invoke the name of Christ Jesus and do not play the demons’ game of sophistry. Demonic principalities will of course react with predictable lies and deception, call out the lies, and in Christ’s name and banish the demons.
This carries far more weight (infinitely so) than peer reviewed papers and rational arguments.
In its blog today, IMF just penned some 2021vintage energy FUD about Bitcoin
"Bitcoin uses as much energy as <insert your favorite country>"
Mainstream media and the scientific community no longer use this claim. Why? Because it is a known misleading statistic.
Much of Bitcoin's energy usage is from stranded, wasted sources that others cannot utilize. It has also been shown in 22 peer reviewed papers and 7 independent studies to stabilize and decarbonize grids, mitigate methane and lower electricity prices and is 52.4% sustainably powered (unlike the much lower sustainable power mix of the banking industry, and gold mining - which Bitcoin provides viable and technologically superior alternatives to)
source: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1923014527651615182
Contrary to the implications of this tweet, Bitcoin has 19 well documented usecases that create value to society.
source: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1833875802326175939
Important context: Bitcoin threatens IMF with disintermediation in 5 ways which I have categorized previously here --> https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1873558000230978046
and IMF has a reputation for openly opposing Bitcoin, repeatedly citing "concerns" that have consistently failed to materialize. (source: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/featured/how-the-imf-prevents-global-bitcoin-adoption-and-why-they-do-it)
Its perspective on Bitcoin is neither neutral nor objective. 
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